Exodus 20:3-17 (#11) Thou shalt not bear false witness

Sonnet 699 Exodus 20:3-17 (#11) Thou shalt not bear false witness

This happens all the time in courts of law

And sadly in the parliaments of man

And even will some research people draw

False witness to defend their science plan.

This means that much of what we have for laws

And all the trials heard from day to day

Are tainted by these testimony flaws

And truth and consequence are gone astray.

But most of us don't have a day in court

Or testify to congress anyway

Or make or publish findings of import

We just go on with living day to day.

But still we have the chance to break this law

When gossiping becomes our lowly flaw.